For the rest of the half the Steelmen had the better of things and the visitors were relieved to go in just 1-0 down at the break.

Soon after the restart Rhyl left-back Chris Roberts let fly with a 30-yarder which went desperately close to the equaliser.

But Port were still a danger and on the hour Scott Barrow curled a left foot beauty beyond Jones into the top corner to make it 2-0.

Rhyl now piled on the pressure but their luck was out until on 75 minutes a game of ping-pong in the area saw the ball reach defender Paul O’Neill who scored from 12 yards.

It was now one-way traffic and on 90 minutes Bickerstaff played his last card by bringing on Stones to use his height at set pieces. And in the third minute of injury time another scramble led to Stones drilling in the equaliser.